VOL XV. NO. 45
Another Robbery
Sunday night while Levi Rid
dick was driving along near
Brown's Spring, three men jump
ed into the road and two of them
held the mule and the third de
manded all the cash Riddick had
with him. He was unarmed and
for that reason had to submit.
They rifled his pockets securing
about $5, then borrowed his coat
which was on the back of the
buggy, and taking the buggy
wb : o, struck the mule so that he
would go running dtown the road
and Riddick would not have the
chance to detect them. He is
sure, however, that one of ttajn
was Robert Johnson, who with
two others'broke jail here. There
should be a concerted/ effort to
apprehend these men, if it is
true that they are in the vicinity.
A po3se of men with guns and
dogs should hunt them down for
the safety of the public.
lie Misses Hadley Hostesses
The attractive country home of
Misses Lela and Allie Hadley was
filled with a gay throng on Mon
. day night, when they entertained
from nine to twelve o'clock.
Quite a number of the Williams
ton young men and women mot
ored out and enjoyed the pleas
ures provided for them. Those
who enjoy the game, played Rook
until the hour appointed for the
hostesses to serve refreshments
which consisted of elegant ice
cream and - cake. Miss Fannie
Manning and Elbert Peel served
punch in the rear -hall. The
Misses Hadley have as their house
guests, Miss White of Scotland
Neck; Messrs Jones and Latham,
and the entertainment was in
their honor. The evening was a
most delightful one and the guests
so expressed themselves before
taking their departure.
North Carolina Facts
North Carolina consumes more
firewood than any State in the
Uni0n—4,873,000 cords valued at
$9,523,000.
The farm laborers of North
Carolina work on an average 9
hours and 47 minutes per day.
Laborers in only twelve states
work longer, the average wages
with board being $15.00 and
• $22 30 if the laborer boards him
self. That of Continental United
States is lower.
The Tar Heel horse is now
worth $139.00 per head. There
are 180,000 horses in the State
valued at $25,020,000.
Disease caused the swine
breeders to lose 68,100 hogs last
.year and these were valued at
$612,900. The census report of
January 1914 shows that there
are 1,362,000 hogs in the State
valued at $9 per head. -
There are in the State approxi
mately 65,000 bachelors and an
equal number of widows.
Remembered Days
Twenty-eight years ago on
Mondiy, August 31st, the Char
leston, earthquake occured. It is
' remembered by many . people
here, whose hearts were filled
with terror because of the earth's
tremors and the noise accompany
ing them. No damage was done
in this Section, it will be remem
bered.
One year ago next Thursday,
the great storm struck Eastern
Carolina, ruining erops, destroy
ing shipping and bridges. With
the exception of injury to crops
and the uprooting of numerous
trees, very little damage was
done in this immediate section.
But the hours were full of dread
' for those nearer the great waters.
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THE ENTERPRISE
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LOCAL
Bring your tobacco to William
ston next Wednesday.
Try James Gurganus at the
Farmers Warehouse with your
tobacco. They are the farmer's
friends.
Good Land For RentOn any
of the following terms: On '3 or
% basis. Parties desiring crops
will please apply early.—J W.
Watts.
The Farmers Warehouse is now
open for business bring us your
tobacco, James & Gurganus Prop.
Some claim to have seen the
eclipse hereon Friday last,though
scientists said that it would not
be visible south of Washington.
Next Wednesday the tobacco
market will open here—the place
for th£ very best prices. Bring
your tobacco and be convinced.
" A number of people from here
attended the meeting at Smith
wic«c Creek on Sunday. The
crowd there was not so large as
formerly on account of other
meetings near.
Hon. Harry W. Stubbs and
Clayton Moore left last week for
Dare County to open the cam
paign in the Second Senatorial
District Mr, Stubbs and Mark
Magette are the Democratic Can
didates.
STRAYED:—One butt-headed
yearling, white and red speckled,
marked smooth crop in left ear
and two slits in right. Had
leather haltef with spurs on. Re
ward for information. Phone
M. W. Ballard or write P. A. Bal
lard, City No 3.
FOR SALE:--Seven good mules
These mules are well broken and
good workers. All young. For
further information, apply to the
Board of Road Trustees, William
ston Township. B. F. Godwin,
Sec'y.
The meeting at the Methodist
Church was postponed on account
of the illness of Rev. J. M. Daniel,
whp was to conduct them.
Three men robbed J. A. Wil
son near Greenville Saturday
night and secured about SIOO.
There seems to be luck in the
number three-for the robbers.
It is thought that the'gang could
have been the Martin County jail
breakers.
August has been so warm hare
that September will be welcomed
with the hope that it can furnish
something better.
Weeds grow to perfection in
Williamston. Several vagrants
might be used to advantage if
they were provided with hoes
and grass blades. The streets
offer splendid grazing grounds
for the hogs and cattle—they
even entice those from the coun
try.
Rev. J. T. Standford announ
ces that he will have services
morning and night on Sunday
and that Rev. J. M. Daniel will
arrive Monday and preach dur
ing the week. The postponement
of the meeting this week was un
avoidable. The public is cordi
ally invited.
If the postoffice was less a play
ground for children and a pay
station, it would afford more plea
sure and comfort to the patrons
of the office.
Talk your town, your business
in the town, and the othy fellow's
business, too. What helps the
town will help everybody in it.
It never pays to go out of the
place in which you live to trade.
You lose the respect of your
neighbors and do not gain that of
the man with whom you spent
your money. Stay at home.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.. FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1914
Tobacco Market
Opens Sept. 2nd.
Under Splendid Management Three Warehouses With Am
ple Floor Space Market Stronger Than Ever Re
presentatives of All Companies to Buy Weed
SELL HERE GET HIGHEST PRICES
Next Wednesday the Williams
ton Tobacco Market will open for
the sale of the gQlden weed
grown by Martin and the adjoin
ing Counties. The lateness of
the opening will place more
pounds than usual on the floors
on the first day. Gradefs*have
been vigorously at work for
weeks, or since the first curings
and the warehouses here have
presented a scene of activity for
mapy days, for a larger corps of
graders are employed than ever
before. Everything is in readi
ness for the sales. The three
warehouses have a full corps of
employees-bookkeepers, auction
eers, managers, etc. The sales
can be handled with ease and
rapidity, which is for the con
venience of the farmers.
* The prospects for good prices
are fine. The war scare has sub
sided, and the foreign companies
have arranged to be on the spot
to take their share. The United
States is too large and important
to allow the crops—its best asset—
to go to ruin and the farmers
with them. The Williamston
bankers have a strong financial
system with which they stand be
hind the market, and every Ware
houseman is able to care of every
pound offered on his respective
floor. There is no feeling of
weakness among this people and
they are determined to sell more
tobacco than for years. It is in
this and other counties, and Wil
liamston must have a goodly
share in 1914. , i
The market has done/much to
help Williamston in /material
things. It has been one of the
important pieces of machinery
which has turned the wheels of
progress in the town and com
munity, There should be a feel
ing of pride and interest in even
the youngest who can think. This
pride should get into the spirit of
the merchant, the lawyer, the
doctor, the mechanic, the drug
gist—in every citizen of thetown
and then he will be a force in the
making of a greater and better
market than ever before. Stand
by the warehousemen, for there
are none better in the State ;boost
the wiarket for it stands at the
front among those in this section.
It is strong, safe, sure—a steady
pull together will make for great
er strength. Williamston is the
place to sell your crop for the
best prices obtainable anywhere.
Select either ihe Dixie, the Roa
noke or the Farmers Warehouse
for a sales room—Staton & Co.,
Mobley, Taylor & Co., or W. A.
James & Co., will give you a
square deal on every pile.
Gilbert Peel left for Roberson
ville Thursday to accept a posi
tion with Adkins & Bailey.
H. H. Pope and family were
here from Robersonville on Wed
nesday.
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Mr. ahd Mrs. L. B. Wynn, Mrs.
Mine*** Everett and Thelma
Brown were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. S. F. Everett at Ever
etts on Wednesday.
In Memoriam
Robert E. Harris, son of Asa
and Mary A. Harris, died May
2nd, Isl4, after an illness last
ing only a few days, -having a
complication of troubles, under
going ajg operation by the best
physicians in this and adjoining
counties, and attended by profes
sional nurses and friends who
did all they could for his recovery,
yet the fend came.
This man stood four square in
all his dealings One whoalways
heard the cries of the needy and
rarely turned any one away. A
great and good man whose place
is hard to till In his home he
was a kind husband and a loving
father. The good wife and obe
dient children will always rem
ember the deeds of kindness and
words of love of this great son of
Martin County. May they find
comfort and so shape their lives
and be ready to answer the sum
mons which will surely come to
all.
Mother, children, you are not
all who SHALL suffer IOBS, we share
this with you. But the Lord
knows best, and we will let our
prayers ascend to Him, He will
bless and comfort so that we shall
be made to feel, that though we
are often bereaved, yet we have
many things for which to be
thankful. For one thing we feel
thankful that this man who has
passed from time to eternity, ftfyl
during his short lifeof fifty-three
years, laid up bountifully for the
sustenance ol his family, having
accumulated quite a fortune.
' The man Ijwhom these words
follow was born on December 7th',
18f>l. On December 19th1894.
he married Miss Alice Britton,
oldest daughter of Mr and Mrs.
James A. Britton. of Beaufort
County, to which union were born
seven children. Sister Alice and
six of the children are still living,
one ha.- gone to that better Home.
May we all strive to meet them
in that upper Kingdom, where
sorrow shall never come, and the
sun shall never fade, for the
Lamb of God is the Light there
of forever and ever.
The funeral services were con
ducted by Bro. Asa J. Manning
and the interment was in the
family plot at the home.
Joseph L. Holliday.
Hamilton Swats Robersonville
The Robersonville ball team
met its Waterloo at Hamilton on
Tuesday, and just escaped a bas
ket of goose eggs. Grimes, the
strong twirler for the visitors,
shattered in the seventh and
another was put in his place, but
the time for winning was far
spent" and the Hamilton fans saw
their favorites walk away with
the score, which was 7to 2. All
the features of the game were
made by the locals,, who never
falteredh in their effort to keep the
honors at home. Wednesday the
Hamilton team deteated the
Everetts team at the grounds of
the latter. This was the week
for Hamilton's "Lucky Strike."
PERSONAL
Mr, and Mrs. Fred Shute left
for Roanoke Rapids Sunday.
Charles Baker went to Norfolk
Saturday,
Miss Eula Lee Waters left Sat
urday for Baltimore and New
York to purchase fall millinery.
Mrs. Vernon Godwin and Miss
Mary Pope left for their home in
Weldon Monday.
Miss Viola Kilpatrick, who has
been visifiQ? relatives here left
for home Monday.
Miss Eva Gainor left Monday
for Eure where she will visit
friends. •
Charles Williams, who has beerl
the guest of the Misses Lamb,
-left Monday for Kinston. ,
Robert Biggs went to Rich
mond Monday.
Dr. J. C. Caldwell, who held
services in the Christian Church
on Sunday, was the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Manning while
in town.
Dr. J. A. White spent Sunday
here.
Mrs. Edward with a
party of friends motored here
from Greenville Sunday to visit
Mrs. J. W. Watts.
T, H Harrison left Monday for
Baltimore to purchase fall goods.
Mr. and Mrs. A D. Mizell ar
rived Monday and are at the At
lantic Hotel.
Miss Irene Anderson, of Wel
don, is visiting Mrs. L B. Harri
son.
Mrst Evhns and children, of
Jamedville, were here Monday.
Mrs. James G. Staton left Mon
day for Wilmington to attend the
funeral of Bishop Strange.
James G. Staton wenttoGolds
boro Monday on business
Dr. N. B. Marriner. of Bel
haven has been visiting his moth
er here this week.
Miss Hattie Lou Ward is at
home after a visit to Clayton,
Messrs. J. R. Robertson and
W. H Crawford, returned Sat
urday from Hot Springs, where
they have been for a month for
treatment.
Miss Mary Smith, of Plymouth
is the guest'of Miss F. B. Martin.
Ft!. Barnes and A. T. Craw
ford went to Norfolk Thursday.
P. F Aplel. left Thursday for
Norfolk >n business.
Miss Hattie Green returned to
her home near Robersonville on
Thursday.
Miss Gladys Hornthal spent
Thurstte^lrere.
Joseph Bennett, of Welch,
W. Va , is- visiting relatives in
town.
Clyde Anderson is visiting
Yates Dowell at Ayden.
Miss Mae Bennett spent Wed
nesday evening in Plymouth.
Mrs. Sallie Cherry and children
are visitors at the home of N. T.
Perry.
C. B. Clark is here Jfrom Dur
ham.
W. S. Rhodes was here from
Hamilton on Wednesday.
Mi6s Emma Robertson left
Thursday to visit relatives in
Ahoskie. ,
Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Harrison
and children left Wednesday for
Fayetteville via Palmyra where
they will be the guest of rela
tives.
Mrs. L. L. Roberson, of Par-,
mele, who has been visiting rela
tives near here, returned to her
home Wednesday.
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Si.oo a Year in Advance
In Honor of Miss Fagan
The first of a series of showers
to be given Miss Annie Fagan,
who on October 7th is to marry
S. R. Biggs, was tendered by
Mrs. Cushing Biggs Hassell at
her residence on Main Street,
Monday afternoon, from sto 1/
o'clock. The interior of the home
was attractively arranged and
the guests were received graci
ously by the hostess. There were
ten tables at which progressive
Rook was played, lemortade and
wafers being served during the
period. Mousse with whipped
cre&m in paper baskets with cakes
was served the guests by little
Misses Martha Cotten Crawford,
Sallie Cook, Lida Cook and Mar
tha Slade Hassell. The score cards
were prettily designed and serv
ed as souvenirs of the occasion.
Just before the "departure of
the guests. Miss Fagan was ask
ed to disclose the contents of
numerous packages which had
been arranged for her pleasure.
lovely handker
chiefs and silk hose gifts of the
invited guests, and Miss Pagan
expressed delight at the beauty
and number of the gifts.
Notice to the Farmers of this
County
The European War is likely to
cause much old seed of crimson
and other clovers, as well as of
hairy vetch, rape, and so on to
be thrown on the market this
fall. You must be careful, there
fore, to have your seeds tested
before sowing in order that you
may know how much more of
these old seeds tr> sow to get a
normal stand.
Better look out for poor seed
oats also. Better let us germin
ate them for you before sowing.
Many complaints came to us last
fall and spring from failures to
get a stand of oats due to poor
seed. Address all seed packages
to the North Carolina Seed Lab
oratory, Raleigh, N- C. and put
your own name and address in
side the package.
•Jas. L. Burgess,
Agronomist and Botanist.
Oak City Items
Harrell House, of Stokes, was
the guest of Mrs, M. J. House
and family Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. VV. Davenport
and Miss Malissa Worsely motor
ed to Hassell Sunday
Messrs, Tom, Marion Burnett,
Herman Rawls and Miss Jeffer
son House attended Church at
Hassell Sunday.
Tommy .Johnson, of Hassell,
spent Sunday at his father's
homev
Wm Ainsley returned from
Roper Friday.
John Eubanks, Bernard Hyman
Jesse Crisp and Dallas Hurst
spent Sunday at Ocean View,
Joe Ayers, Marion Everett.
Misses Jordan and Bazemore
went to Hassell Sunday.
Miss Susie Burnett and broth
ers were visitors in town Sunday.
Miss Hannah Long left for
Norfolk and ofher places Satur
day.
Dr. Edgar Long and wife spent
Sunday in Hamilton.
John Purvis and Horace John
son were here Sunday.
Miss Emily Hines left for Nor
folk Wednesday for an extended
visit to relatives and friends.
At The Gaiety Tonight
THE MOUNT
RAT